Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Those old 9x12cm cameras can produce great results. Is that a Novar lens on it? I saw one recently that someone had put a Goerz Dagor lens on it. It had the weirdest focusing system. Not a rack und pinion, just pinch and slide! Yes, two years older than me. Jerry Jim Hemenway wrote: > Hi Folks: > > I went to the Brimfield Antique Flea Market a little over a week > ago... <http://www.hemenway.com/Brimfield-07132007/> > > While there I bought this quarter-glass-plate camera. > > I wanted to take some photos with it but don't have any glass plates, > especially in Ektachrome. > > So I cut some pieces of poster board and discovered that 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 > would fit perfectly, and that the springs behind the film would push > it against the film plane just as it would with a glass plate. > > I cut some 4x5 to size and shot a couple of photos at Lanes Cove on > Sunday afternoon. > > My lab graciously offered to do a special E-6 run for the odd size. > > Here's the results: > <http://www.hemenway.com/Zeiss-Ikon-TAXO-07222007/> > > Life can be fun. > > Jim >